Kawasaki Ki-60
1940
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Kawasaki Ki-60

The first prototype flew in 1940. Did not entered production.

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Kawasaki Ki-60A three-view drawing (752 x 1159)


Specification 
 MODELKi-60
 CREW1
 ENGINE1 x Deimler-Benz DB 601A, 860kW
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight2750 kg6063 lb
    Empty weight2150 kg4740 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan10.5 m34 ft 5 in
    Length8.47 m27 ft 9 in
    Height3.7 m12 ft 2 in
    Wing area16.2 m2174.38 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed560 km/h348 mph
    Ceiling10000 m32800 ft
 ARMAMENT2 x 12.7mm machine-guns, 2 x 20mm cannons

Kawasaki Ki-60

Comments 
Rich Martin, rmartin03(@)snet.net, 28.10.2009

I have a notebook, which I believe belonged to a Japanese aircraft inspector for the first KI-60 prototype. It is dated June, 1940 and the only other english appearing in this notebook is "Inspector in Shisaku, Kaneko 1940 - June". My father brought this notebook back from Japan after his time there during the Occupation. He was a member of the 25th Infantry Division. The rest of the book contains day by day entries, in Japanese, from May thru June, 1940. There are many very detailed drawings of the aircraft's subassemblies, airfoils, structural members, tables, calculations, etc... including dimensions which appear to be in centimeters. Using these dimensions,they compare very closely to the length and wingspan of the first KI-60. Is there any interent in this notebook? I believe that it has historical value.

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